The SWAP team
SWAP
We are a results-oriented, multidisciplinary team of scientists. Our respective backgrounds allow us:
- to understand the issues at hand
- to easily interact with colleagues
- to take on copy-editing when required
- to find bugs or inconsistencies in submitted material or data
- to make relevant suggestions or adaptations in terms of content, data presentation/management, user interfaces, etc.
Team members
- S. Kauranne
- F. Ovidio (Team leader)
Samuli Kauranne
Contact information
- Email address:
- samuli.kauranne@naturalsciences.be
- Phone number:
- +32 (0)2 773 21 36
- Fax number:
- +32 (0)2 770 69 72
- Mailing address:
- Samuli Kauranne
OD Nature
Gulledelle, 100
B-1200 Brussels
Belgium
Academic training
- 2007
- M. Sc. Mathematics, University of Helsinki, Finland
- 2010
- Postgraduate in Educational policy management, National Board of Education, Finland
About
I'm a mathematician and minored in general physics. I've also followed a total of one year worth graduate and undergraduate level courses in Computer Science outside any formal curriculum on basis of professional needs.
Prior to moving to Belgium, I worked 4 years part-time as a web developer in a Web consultant agency and 5 years full-time as a professor of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science in upper secondary academic education in Finland, serving one year as the Deputy Principal of a regional school. I have also gathered some international experience in a Pan-European student movement.
At OD Nature I currently divide my time between SWAP and the Belgian Marine Data Centre. At SWAP I am responsible for developing the ODiN Web framework, as well as designing and developing back-end structures and databases for various projects.
Work interests
- Object-oriented programming
- Software architecture: Modular, understandable and re-usable
- Database design
- Quality Control
Fabrice Ovidio
Contact information
- Email address:
- fabrice.ovidio@naturalsciences.be
- Phone number:
- +32 (0)2 773 21 40
- Fax number:
- +32 (0)2 770 69 72
- Mailing address:
- Fabrice Ovidio
OD Nature
Gulledelle, 100
B-1200 Brussels
Belgium
Academic training
- 1992
- M. Sc. Oceanology, University of Liège, Belgium
- 1991
- M. Sc. Physics, University of Liège, Belgium
Work interests
- Making scientific research, data and results available to both the general public and the scientific community
- Clean, no-nonsense design
- Project management (a.o. AGILE)
- Application planning
- User interfaces
About
I'm a physical oceanographer turned web developer. I lead the conception, planning, development and maintenance of OD Nature's scientific web sites and applications platform, which encompasses a large array of scientific disciplines: operational oceanograpĥy, mathematical modelling, remote sensing, oil spill forecasting, conservation biology, biodiversity, etc.
In the past, I worked on numerous scientific research projects on various topics such as:
- air-sea interface exchanges
- mathematical model validation
- wave modelling
- data assimilation
- optical remote sensing
I now focus on providing scientific development for my OD Nature colleagues.
Projects and work history
- 2014
- Scientific web sites and applications Team Leader, OD Nature
- 2001–2013
- Webmaster / Web developer, MUMM (now OD Nature)
- 2001
- CHRIS project (Coastal waters chlorophyll mapping by satellite-based imaging spectrometry), MUMM
ESA/PRODEX project - 1999–2001
- MULTICOLOR II project (Region-specific optical remote sensing for coastal zone applications)
Improvement of bio-optical algorithms used in MUMM's ocean-colour models, calibration via in situ measurements of optical properties and water quality parameters, development of a robust image processing chain, atmospheric correction. - 1997–1999
- MULTICOLOR project, MUMM
Development of chlorophyll and SPM retrieval algorithms for use with ocean colour data (NOAA-AVHRR, SeaStar SeaWiFS) - 1996
- OMNECS project (Operational modelling of the North West European Continental Shelf), MUMM
Operational implementation of UKMO wind forecasting data and validation using in situ data. - 1993–1995
- Validation and improvement of the wave forecasting model MU-WAVE using ERS-1 satellite data, MUMM (European Space Agency Pilot Project PP2-B9)
Validation of the MU-WAVE operational wave forecasting model using ERS-1 altimeter and diffusometer data; implementation of a data assimilation procedure. - 1992
- Global Change project, MUMM
Parameterisation of air-sea exchanges within a global climate model.